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RadCity / Rad City 5 reliability?
« on: December 25, 2022, 04:45:03 PM »
There is a Rad City 5 bike for sale in my neighborhood. Less than 20 miles on it  and seller is asking $1k. Also comes with a front basket.
Seller got this bike from Rad for an online review and Rad did not want the bike back. He is trying to sell it now.
Anyhow I am trying to find out how reliable they are since I will not have any warranty. I have read that there have been issues with the controller and mushy hydraulic brakes. Plus as I understand Rad uses a proprietary battery on that bike. I am just not a big fan of any form of proprietary stuff on bikes.
I am just trying to find out what to expect and if there could be any expensive traps. I always buy used bikes and always fix them up myself but my experience with e-bikes is limited so far.
Thanks

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Pride & Joy / New to me 2018 Radwagon 3
« on: November 01, 2022, 11:33:10 AM »
Howdy from Texas. My first electric bike. This will become my new grocery and hardware hauler. Originally I wanted to electrify my existing home made cargo bike. But that would have been more expensive than just buying a used already built bike. Plus I just love that color.
The bike is in great shape. The front derailleur needs some minor tuning as well as the front brakes. And it has some minor scratches. Oh well it is and will be a utility vehicle.
Need to add a front rack and pannier holders on the back (already seen some ideas here). And it will get a deck with two milk crates similar to my current cargo bike. Plus a trailer hitch for my Burley Travoy. Looking forward modifying it. But unfortunately I won't get to it until Thanksgiving.


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RadWagon / 2 questions about the RW 3
« on: October 30, 2022, 10:54:27 AM »
Howdy folks. New RW3 owner here from Texas. I just purchased a used 2018 RW3 which I want to convert into my grocery hauler.
I want to add a front basket. Does the current front basket or front rack fit on the 2018 RW3? I have not decided yet which way to go.
For the rear setup I will probably go with milk crates as I have done on my other cargo bike.
Second question is about the tail light. I was a bit bummed to see that the tail light runs on AAA batteries as it looks like but the front light ties into the bike battery as it should be on an ebike. Has anyone retrofitted their bike with a tail light which connects to the bike battery?

Thanks

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